# CVE-2025-54254: Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-05
- CVSS: 8.6 HIGH (v3.1)
- EPSS: 70.1% (99th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-611

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files on the local file system, scope is changed. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-08-18 | 13 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-12-03 | 120 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-08-18 · new · rule 309cfb7eeb42482e9ad896f12197ec51 · default Block
  > Adobe Experience Manager Forms - XSS - CVE:CVE-2025-54254. Previous action: Log. New action: Block. This is a New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-08-18-waf-release/
- 2025-08-18 · new · rule 6e039776c2d6418ab6e8f05196f34ce3 · default Block
  > Adobe Experience Manager Forms - XSS - CVE:CVE-2025-54254 - 2. Previous action: Log. New action: Block. This is a New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-08-18-waf-release/

### F5

- 2025-12-03 · new · rule 200018196
  > Added: signature 200018196 "Adobe Experience Manager Forms Web Services XXE" (Other Application Attacks, risk High), systems: Java Servlets/JSP, Apache. References: CVE-2025-54254.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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